Checked into an occupied room
Aug 3, 2011 | 8:11 pm
#16
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Aug 4, 2011 | 5:51 am
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I will also add another +1 to the comments here.
As someone who stays 125-150 hotel nights a year. I virtually always have my inside bolt latched when I am inside the room (98%) unless i'm just going running in and going back out, or occassionally stressed to the point it slips my mind. Was going to make the same comment in the Alex Trabek thread - that it would never happen to me because no one can get into my room while I am asleep - short of breaking down the door.
Thusly I've never had someone walk in on me - though I have definitely heard people try the door. I had an experience a few months ago - i went to the door. Slid the key, got the green light, but the door was bolted. Expected someone to yell or something - but nothing. Went back and they said for sure no one is in that room. Somehow the door latch had engaged with no one inside the room. Maybe a heavy slam engaged it? The maintanence guy had to come and pop the latch, and re-set it.
As someone who stays 125-150 hotel nights a year. I virtually always have my inside bolt latched when I am inside the room (98%) unless i'm just going running in and going back out, or occassionally stressed to the point it slips my mind. Was going to make the same comment in the Alex Trabek thread - that it would never happen to me because no one can get into my room while I am asleep - short of breaking down the door.
Thusly I've never had someone walk in on me - though I have definitely heard people try the door. I had an experience a few months ago - i went to the door. Slid the key, got the green light, but the door was bolted. Expected someone to yell or something - but nothing. Went back and they said for sure no one is in that room. Somehow the door latch had engaged with no one inside the room. Maybe a heavy slam engaged it? The maintanence guy had to come and pop the latch, and re-set it.
Aug 4, 2011 | 9:18 am
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Aug 4, 2011 | 9:31 am
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I've read several threads on FT, and on other sites, about "walking in on someone who was naked."
My question is - how much time do you spend naked when in your hotel room?
I dunno about you guys, but when I'm in a hotel room, I'm only naked when I'm about to get into the shower; all other times, I keep at least some casual clothing on, for multiple reasons:
* Never know when there might be an evacuation due to fire or other emergency
* No matter how hard I try, there is always a slim gap in the curtains when staying in an exterior room
* Don't want to sit naked on furniture that other people might have sat on naked
* Don't want to sit naked on furniture that other people might sit on naked in the future
* Never know when someone might knock on the door with nefarious purpose in mind
* Never know when someone might knock on the door with legitimate and harmless purpose in mind
* Erin Andrews
* Never know when I might want to eat some pie, and it's just plain creepy to do so naked (or in underwear)
My question is - how much time do you spend naked when in your hotel room?
I dunno about you guys, but when I'm in a hotel room, I'm only naked when I'm about to get into the shower; all other times, I keep at least some casual clothing on, for multiple reasons:
* Never know when there might be an evacuation due to fire or other emergency
* No matter how hard I try, there is always a slim gap in the curtains when staying in an exterior room
* Don't want to sit naked on furniture that other people might have sat on naked
* Don't want to sit naked on furniture that other people might sit on naked in the future
* Never know when someone might knock on the door with nefarious purpose in mind
* Never know when someone might knock on the door with legitimate and harmless purpose in mind
* Erin Andrews
* Never know when I might want to eat some pie, and it's just plain creepy to do so naked (or in underwear)
Aug 4, 2011 | 9:40 am
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Agreed. If they had bolted their door, your key should not have worked. It was they that were violated and it was their fault, and you were embarrassed. All was needless but happens.
Here is the lesson: The very first thing when you get in the room bolt the door. When you are sure you are alone and have not run in on someone, latch the security latch. The reason you do not do this first is that if you must leave quickly it can become a hindrance. The dead bolt opens with the door and you can escape quickly. The situation is very, very rare but it does happen.
As for the hotel, they should comp the room, or at the very least dinner, for your embarrassment. Points would be good if you are expensed.
And, Welcome to FlyerTalk!
Here is the lesson: The very first thing when you get in the room bolt the door. When you are sure you are alone and have not run in on someone, latch the security latch. The reason you do not do this first is that if you must leave quickly it can become a hindrance. The dead bolt opens with the door and you can escape quickly. The situation is very, very rare but it does happen.
As for the hotel, they should comp the room, or at the very least dinner, for your embarrassment. Points would be good if you are expensed.
And, Welcome to FlyerTalk!
As always, FT has taught me something useful!
Aug 4, 2011 | 9:45 am
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Long ago, a late arrival on a busy night at the Chi Palmer House Hilton, a very nice, but muchly harassed Honors Check In Desk clerk, apologized profusely, before sending me up to a 1BR suite "involuntary upgrade". I opened the parlor door to find a poker game in progress, more to the players' chagrin than mine....
Back downstairs, rollaboard and briefcase in tow, I was met by great apologies, and a proposal to bump me up the street (with no offer to pay for the night at the substitute caravansarai. I was in a "No Huey, Jose!" mood, and ended up, after summoning the MOD (More apologies!), in a lavish 2BR suite, all alone, except for a fruit bowl.
Pre-occupied rooms? Not as infrequent as you would think in this era of computers. Three times I can recall.
Back downstairs, rollaboard and briefcase in tow, I was met by great apologies, and a proposal to bump me up the street (with no offer to pay for the night at the substitute caravansarai. I was in a "No Huey, Jose!" mood, and ended up, after summoning the MOD (More apologies!), in a lavish 2BR suite, all alone, except for a fruit bowl.
Pre-occupied rooms? Not as infrequent as you would think in this era of computers. Three times I can recall.
Aug 4, 2011 | 9:47 am
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Aug 4, 2011 | 9:47 am
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As a result of it happening to me once and also the posts on FT about it, if I'm in my room, the inner bolt/chain is always on.
Aug 4, 2011 | 1:38 pm
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You walked in on a guy and then proceeded to have a conversation with him? Interesting.
Aug 4, 2011 | 5:47 pm
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I will also add another +1 to the comments here.
As someone who stays 125-150 hotel nights a year. I virtually always have my inside bolt latched when I am inside the room (98%) unless i'm just going running in and going back out, or occassionally stressed to the point it slips my mind. Was going to make the same comment in the Alex Trabek thread - that it would never happen to me because no one can get into my room while I am asleep - short of breaking down the door.
Thusly I've never had someone walk in on me - though I have definitely heard people try the door. I had an experience a few months ago - i went to the door. Slid the key, got the green light, but the door was bolted. Expected someone to yell or something - but nothing. Went back and they said for sure no one is in that room. Somehow the door latch had engaged with no one inside the room. Maybe a heavy slam engaged it? The maintanence guy had to come and pop the latch, and re-set it.
As someone who stays 125-150 hotel nights a year. I virtually always have my inside bolt latched when I am inside the room (98%) unless i'm just going running in and going back out, or occassionally stressed to the point it slips my mind. Was going to make the same comment in the Alex Trabek thread - that it would never happen to me because no one can get into my room while I am asleep - short of breaking down the door.
Thusly I've never had someone walk in on me - though I have definitely heard people try the door. I had an experience a few months ago - i went to the door. Slid the key, got the green light, but the door was bolted. Expected someone to yell or something - but nothing. Went back and they said for sure no one is in that room. Somehow the door latch had engaged with no one inside the room. Maybe a heavy slam engaged it? The maintanence guy had to come and pop the latch, and re-set it.
Aug 4, 2011 | 8:12 pm
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Aug 5, 2011 | 7:21 pm
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In more than 20 years and more hotel nights I care to think about, I have been in that situation a few times, I can distinctly remember at least two incidents.
In the first (a hotel in Burnaby, BC), I walked in on an elderly couple with my wife in tow. We actually chatted for about 5 minutes before we tracked back to the lobby with plans to do something unpleasant to the front desk clerk responsible.
Second situation, a hotel near LAX, I walked in on a sleeping person (1 am) - and went out very quickly and quietly.
I always bolt and lock my door - and even though I am a sound sleeper I can remember quite a number of times that somebody did try my door. If you stay in a European hotel that still uses real keys, chances are that you use the same key to lock the room from the inside. If so: leave the key in for obvious security reasons, but rotate it 90 degrees from the position in which you can remove it. This will lock out all other keys tried from the outside - for the vast majority of locks.
In the first (a hotel in Burnaby, BC), I walked in on an elderly couple with my wife in tow. We actually chatted for about 5 minutes before we tracked back to the lobby with plans to do something unpleasant to the front desk clerk responsible.
Second situation, a hotel near LAX, I walked in on a sleeping person (1 am) - and went out very quickly and quietly.
I always bolt and lock my door - and even though I am a sound sleeper I can remember quite a number of times that somebody did try my door. If you stay in a European hotel that still uses real keys, chances are that you use the same key to lock the room from the inside. If so: leave the key in for obvious security reasons, but rotate it 90 degrees from the position in which you can remove it. This will lock out all other keys tried from the outside - for the vast majority of locks.